TVECA co-founder Thomas Kiklas said that from the video of the incident involving the Atlanta explosion, it appeared that the e-cigarette may have been mismatched with the charging device.

Another possible explanation could be that Wilkowski may have left the device in the USBport for too long and got overcharged, according to Kiklas, who compared the smoking gadgets to cell phones or electric toothbrushes.

The co-founder of the trade association said that since 2007, when e-cigarettes first came into use in the U.S., he has heard of only one other incident in which a device exploded.

A wrong charger causing an explosion? If this sounds new to you, well, it shouldn’t. The Inquisitr has reported on many phones, such as the Apple iPhone, exploding while charging and in many cases, because users where using incorrect chargers.

Check out Elizabeth Wilkowski’s describe what she felt after her e-cigarette exploded: